Bags, boxes and the last things left to clear, gone from the curb. Choose what’s going, see your exact price and book by 2pm for same-day pickup. You don’t need to be home.
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You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
Book the unwanted bags and boxes left after packing. Choose an available pickup day before you hand back the keys, and arrange to have them outside.
You do not need a whole house of junk. Select the bags, boxes and larger items you actually have. Your combined price is shown online.
When the next collection does not fit your plans, choose a Dropcurb pickup day. Updates keep you informed, and completion photos show when the booked items are gone.
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A few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Count each trash bag or filled household box. Books and media go by the box. Clothes, bedding and shoes go by the filled bag. Toys packed together have a Box of toys choice. Ask us about unusually heavy or oversized bags and boxes first.
Empty cardboard is a different choice: choose single empty boxes or tied bundles of 10 flattened boxes. Compacted bales have their own weight-based choices and require loading-dock access. A Storage bin choice covers the empty bin itself; ask us to confirm the contents if they are going too.
Add the actual larger item alongside your bags and boxes, such as a sofa, chair or mattress. It has its own price and preparation. Keep construction materials and items needing special handling out of ordinary household bags.
First item / additional item
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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You handle sorting and getting things out of the home or building. We load and haul away the items on your booking from an accessible outdoor spot.
Book by 2pm at the pickup address for same-day pickup, using the dates shown at checkout. Pickup is booked for a day, not an exact arrival time. Confirm any short building-access window with us before booking.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
Add the bags, boxes and separate larger items, then choose an available day. Have an unusual pile or uncertain contents? Send a photo before booking so we can help with the choices.
Bag or box small household items as much as possible. Keep the booked items together, separate from anything staying. Follow your confirmation for when they need to be outside and accessible.
Add photos and clear pickup-location notes on your order page. You do not need to be home when everything is outside and accessible. We send pickup updates and completion photos.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in DeKalb: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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LRS collects one bulk item a week at no charge, for items too large for the cart, with a prepaid charge for extra items and a special pickup estimate for anything needing extra labor or equipment.
A chair, a love seat or sofa, and one part of a sectional couch are named bulk examples, so a piece of furniture uses the free weekly bulk item.
A mattress and a box spring each count as one bulk item, and both have to be wrapped in plastic before they are collected.
Appliances have their own handling path and have to be prescheduled with LRS before the service day, and they are refused as electronic waste.
Electronic waste is collected by request on the first full week of every month, and Illinois bans disposing of it in a landfill.
Construction debris is named as an item that needs a special pickup with an estimate, and the hauler also offers roll-off and construction dumpsters.
The handoff matters
LRS takes one bulk item every week at no charge, and the published examples are a bed frame, box spring, bicycle, chair, love seat or sofa, one part of a sectional couch, mattress, frame or wall picture and a toy. Each additional item in the same week is $25.00 prepaid, and anything over 50 pounds or needing extra labor moves to a special pickup estimate.
LRS DeKalb program page with the carts and container rules, the accepted recyclables, the yard waste and Christmas tree rules, the bulk item allowance and prices, the mattress wrap rule, the appliance and electronic waste procedures and the household hazardous waste serviceMattresses and box springs have to be individually placed in a plastic mattress cover or securely wrapped in plastic, fully taped and secured at every corner with no exposure, because the hauler requires it for health and safety. Each piece counts as its own bulk item, so a set uses the free weekly item plus one prepaid item when both go out together.
LRS DeKalb program page with the carts and container rules, the accepted recyclables, the yard waste and Christmas tree rules, the bulk item allowance and prices, the mattress wrap rule, the appliance and electronic waste procedures and the household hazardous waste serviceNothing from those three streams goes out as a surprise: appliances must be prescheduled with LRS before the service day, electronic waste needs a request at least 48 hours ahead for the first full week of the month, and household hazardous waste is scheduled directly with the resident after a request. Everything else, including the free weekly bulk item, goes out by 6 a.m. on the regular collection day.
LRS DeKalb program page with the carts and container rules, the accepted recyclables, the yard waste and Christmas tree rules, the bulk item allowance and prices, the mattress wrap rule, the appliance and electronic waste procedures and the household hazardous waste serviceCity refuse, recycling and yard waste page with the LRS franchise, the weekly service, the hazardous and electronic waste home collections, the collection days and the holiday delaysUse a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
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Before you book
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in DeKalb.
A trash bag is $59 as the first item and $10 additional. A filled household box is $59 as the first item. Add your actual items and quantities to see the combined price before booking. Loading, transportation and disposal are included; any applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Book by 2pm in the pickup address’s local time for same-day pickup. Available dates appear at checkout. Have the booked bags and boxes outside and accessible according to your confirmation. You receive pickup updates and completion photos; the booking is for a day rather than an exact arrival time.
No. Count the filled bags or boxes using the matching choice. Books and media go in Filled household box; clothes, bedding and shoes go in Bag of clothes & bedding; packed toys have a Box of toys choice. Empty cardboard is separate, with individual empty boxes and bundles of 10 flattened boxes. Heavy, oversized or unusual contents need a photo review before booking.
Yes. Estimate how many trash bags the small household pile would fill, and bag or box as much as possible. Select furniture and other larger items separately. There is no extra charge just because the pile is loose. Send a photo first if the count or contents are unclear. A household Dumpster Bag choice does not accept construction debris.
Yes. Select the bags and boxes, then add each larger item using its own catalog choice. The booking shows one combined price for the selected items. Move everything to an accessible outdoor spot before pickup; indoor carrying and sorting are not included. Keep anything you want to retain apart from the booked items and identify what goes in your photos and notes.
Anything too large to fit in the LRS cart or an approved container. The published examples are a bed frame, a box spring, a bicycle, a chair, a love seat or sofa, one part of a sectional couch, a mattress, a frame or wall picture, and a toy.Official guidance
One bulk item a week is free with the service. Each additional item carries a prepaid per item charge that has to be arranged with LRS in advance and is recorded with this guide, and an item over 50 pounds may need a special pickup rather than the standard collection.Official guidance
Items needing special equipment or additional labor, with the page naming a piano, a sofa sleeper, a couch with a pull-out bed, a large entertainment center and construction debris. Call LRS at 844-633-3577 or email a photo to Service@LRSrecycles.com for an estimate.Official guidance
A love seat or sofa is a named bulk example, so it goes out on the weekly collection day as the free bulk item. A second item in the same week carries the prepaid per item charge recorded with this guide, and a couch with a pull-out bed or a sofa sleeper needs a special pickup estimate from LRS first.Official guidance
The list treats one part of a sectional couch as a bulk item, so a sectional comes apart across more than one collection. Each additional piece in the same week carries the prepaid per item charge recorded with this guide, or LRS can quote a special pickup for the load.Official guidance
Yes. Each mattress and box spring must be individually placed in a plastic mattress cover or securely wrapped in plastic, fully taped and secured at all corners with no exposure, because the hauler requires it for health and safety.Official guidance
As two. The program states that a mattress and a box spring are each considered one bulk item, so a set uses the free weekly item and one prepaid additional item, at the per item charge recorded with this guide, if both go out in the same week.Official guidance
Preschedule it with LRS before the service day, because appliances and white goods have their own path. The listed examples include air conditioners, clothes dryers, cook tops, dishwashers, freezers, kitchen stoves and ranges, microwave ovens, refrigerators, washing machines and water heaters. Confirm the charge at 844-633-3577.Official guidance
No. The electronic waste collection explicitly refuses appliances, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, salvaged units and household batteries. Those items go through the appliance path or the household hazardous waste service instead.Official guidance
Request a collection from LRS at least 48 hours ahead on a weekday, and the devices go out on the regular collection day during the first full week of the month. Accepted items include cable and satellite receivers, cell phones, computers, converter boxes, DVD players, keyboards, mice, fax machines, MP3 players, printers, scanners, servers, televisions and monitors, VCRs and game consoles. Illinois bans putting electronics in a landfill.Official guidance
Separate from the carts and easy for the driver to see, with small items in a brown paper bag or a box no larger than 24 by 24 by 24 inches marked E-WASTE, at the curb by 6 a.m. A television or monitor over 100 pounds or larger than 60 inches needs a call to LRS first.Official guidance
Construction debris is named as an item that requires a special pickup with an estimate, so it does not go out as a normal bulk item. LRS also offers open top containers, roll-offs and construction dumpsters for home projects. Call 844-633-3577 or email Service@LRSrecycles.com for the estimate.Official guidance
No. The bulk list treats construction debris as a special pickup rather than a normal bulk item, and the container rules are built around household refuse and recyclables. A project load goes through a roll-off, a construction dumpster or the special pickup instead.Official guidance
The City contracts LRS as the exclusive collector for homes receiving weekly curbside or alley service, and the service is paid through the City utility bill. Refuse, recycling, yard waste and organics all run on one weekly collection day, Wednesday through Friday by address, with everything out by 6 a.m.Official guidance
Use the free weekly bulk item for furniture, a mattress or a bed frame, wrap each mattress and box spring in plastic, and prepay additional items for the same week. Appliances have to be prescheduled, electronics wait for the monthly requested collection, and hazardous material goes through the home collection, with construction debris needing its own special pickup estimate.Official guidance
Real trees are collected on the collection day during the first two weeks of January at no charge. The tree should be bare of bags, tinsel, lights, ornaments, wire and glitter and preferably cut under seven feet, and it will not be collected if it is frozen to the ground. After January 15 prepayment and prescheduling are required.Official guidance
Oil based paint and flammable oils go through the household hazardous waste home collection or a state regional site. Dry latex paint and its container may go in the regular trash, but liquid latex paint may not be taken by haulers and is saved for the health department's annual latex paint collection, usually in the summer.Official guidance
To the DeKalb Police Department's 24 hour drop box in the front lobby, which the City lists as the route for prescription medications.Official guidance
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